I fell in love with photography when I was in high school, around 2003. In 2004, I started taking senior pictures for people I went to school with. I also went to a ton of punk and hardcore shows and worked a lot with local and touring bands. I grew a healthy balance of solo portrait work, live events, and band promotional work. My work continued to expand as I introduced weddings and family photography around 2007. That same year, I enrolled in college to study photography. I learned a great deal about shooting with film, and experienced film developing and dark room processing. I studied digital photography and photoshop elements. I worked with models, and learned aside other amazing artists. I received two best in show awards in the student show. 

In 2009 I worked as a photojournalist intern for The Bay City Times, which became a priceless, life changing experience. I photographed athletes, politicians, celebrities, and even tornado wreckage. I learned the journalist approach to photography as I entered peoples homes and businesses, covered various musical and social events, and spent a good amount of time waiting by a CB radio for news to unfold. My time there led to published work in newspapers spanning across the entire state of Michigan.